From Jan 2012, we have moved to a [http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Atlanta/ Meetup group]. Click on the following link to visit our meetup page.

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From Jan 2012, we have moved to a [http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Atlanta/ Meetup group]. MeetUp.com will replace the traditional subscriber email list eventually (referenced above in the top of this page). It allows us to better communicate with members, RSVP for events, and announce meetings - all in one place. Click on the following link to visit our meetup page and signup.

'''WHO::''' Kevin Johnson is a security consultant with Secure Ideas. Kevin came to security from a development and system administration background. He has many years of experience performing security services for fortune 100 companies, and in his spare time he contributes to a large number of open source security projects. Kevin's involvement in open-source projects is spread across a number of projects and efforts. He is the founder of many different projects and has worked on others. He founded BASE, which is a Web front-end for Snort analysis. He also founded and continues to lead the SamuraiWTF live DVD. This is a live environment focused on Web penetration testing. He also founded Yokoso and Laudanum, which are focused on exploit delivery. Kevin is a senior instructor for SANS and the author of Security 542: Web Application Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. He also presents at industry events, including DEFCON and ShmooCon, and for various organizations, like Infragard, ISACA, ISSA, and the University of Florida.

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= Meeting Archive on Meetup.com =

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'''ABSTRACT::''' Organizations today need to be able to easily integrate security testing

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within their existing processes. In this talk, Kevin Johnson of Secure Ideas

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will explore various techniques and tools to help organizations assess the

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security of the web applications. These techniques are designed to be

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implemented easily and with little impact on the work load of the staff.

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'''RSVP: All RSVP is done now via our meetup.com site. Visit and register at www.meetup.com/owasp-atlanta.'''

'''WHO::''' Kirill Mendelev is a researcher and an architect at HP Enterprise Security Products (specifically ex-SPI Dynamics part of it). He has been with HP for 7 years now, focusing on Web technologies for load-testing (LoadRunner) and security testing (WebInspect) purposes. I’ve lead research projects aiming to remedy threat of evolving Web technologies to both products.

OWASP Atlanta

Welcome to the Atlanta chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Tony UcedaVelezClick here to join the local chapter mailing list.

Participation

OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is and open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.

Sponsorship/Membership

Join OWASP ATL via our Meetup Group

From Jan 2012, we have moved to a Meetup group. MeetUp.com will replace the traditional subscriber email list eventually (referenced above in the top of this page). It allows us to better communicate with members, RSVP for events, and announce meetings - all in one place. Click on the following link to visit our meetup page and signup.

Atlanta Georgia OWASP Chapter Leaders

Becoming a Member or Sponsor

On behalf of the entire organization, I would like to solicit your financial support of our chapter via a tax deductible membership for OWASP as a great non-profit organization which aims to elevate web application security. We hope that you find historical and future meetings to be of value and show support via a member based contribution.

To contribute to OWASP-Atlanta, sign up as an individual member, or support us as a corporate sponsor, please visit: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Membership. If you are already a member, please don't forget to renew your membership!! The same link will serve both purposes.

Thank You to Our 2012 Supporters

We're looking for sponsors in 2012. Thanks to the following list of chapter level supporters for their financial contributions and/ or hosting our chapter meetings in 2012.

2011 OWASP Atlanta Member Survey

The Atlanta OWASP Member Survey has come and gone. Thanks to all those that responded. A subset of the results is shown below in the form of top ranking security topics that members wish to see in 2011.